Print and Production Services
Estimated value
£1.4m
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
1
Published
07 Jul 2026
Description
East Midlands Railway provides intercity and regional train services across the Midlands through to London. These are distinguished by 3 sub brands that reflect the region they serve and routes they operate: EMR Intercity operates from the Midlands (Sheffield, Derby, Nottingham, Leicester) through to London St Pancras EMR Regional provides local services to towns and communities across England, including; Crewe, Matlock, Stoke-on-Trent, Peterborough, Grantham, Norwich and Skegness. EMR Connect operates between Corby and London St Pancras. The Luton Airport Express operates on this route with majority of airport passengers travelling from London St Pancras. EMR is looking for a supplier of short tern (up to 12 months) or repeat print and production requirements, including, but not limited to: • Annual station dressings (in-station advertising and branding). Typically annual updates to all EMR owned in-station advertising and branding with new designs promoting rail value messages, ticketing products, and marketing campaign amplification. EMR also takes these opportunities to enhance existing sites where possible - either in the way they are creatively displayed or the materials used and review potential new opportunities. • Promotional materials for commercial revenue activity, new business engagement, and retail equipment decals • Signage for operational initiatives or infrastructure upgrades • Promotional and customer comms posters and vinyls for on train • Corporate materials for internal communications and business events
Scope
- Reference
- EMR/DH05/Print and Production Services
- Total value
- £1,440,000 excluding VAT£1,728,000 including VATAbove the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 08 Dec 2026 to 07 Dec 2029Possible extension to 07 Dec 2030
Option to extend by one year.
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 79800000
- Contract locations
- North East England, United KingdomNorth West England, United KingdomYorkshire and the Humber, United KingdomEast Midlands, United KingdomWest Midlands, United KingdomEast of England, United KingdomLondon, United KingdomSouth East England, United KingdomSouth West England, United Kingdom
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price - Station Dressing and Ad-hoc Print Pricing Scenarios | — | cost | 45.00% |
| Project Management | — | quality | 35.00% |
| Quality Assurance | — | quality | 10.00% |
| Social Value | — | quality | 10.00% |
Participation
Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.
Suppliers will be financially appraised during pre-qualification stage of the process to ensure financial capacity against contract value.
Submission & procedure
- Submission address
- https://eastmidlandsrailway.medius-s2c.com/S2C/DisplayModules/TradeModules/Negotiations/Opportunities/ViewOpportunityEvent.aspx?EventID=2303&Culture=en-GB ↗
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedure